Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Summer Bucket List 2.0

Here are some ideas to keep your brain functioning and your days less boring for Summer 2017:

Make an entire meal for your family: Plan it, make it, clean up afterwards. If you already do this, try something new.

Take a walk around your neighborhood and see how many different types of trees you can recognize.

Press some flowers--just put them under something heavy, or between the pages of a thick book, and wait

Make a fairy garden without buying anything:

Try to take an unusual picture every day for a week. Or two weeks. A month?

Or, take tons of pictures all summer and then make an album or collage right before school starts-there are photo apps with a collage feature. Share with friends you haven't seen since the end of this school year.

Fly a kite

Visit your library. Get a library card if you don't already have one.

While at the library, find a book that has an interesting title or whose author has an odd name. Read it. Did you like it, or not? Why?

Re-read something you liked a while ago. Or exchange favorites with a friend.

Built a blanket fort, or a cushion fort. Maybe build one outside.

Clean your room. Put up some cool decorations you make yourself. It will shock your parents.

Think up a great Halloween costume: you have lots of time--but how awesome would it be if it was all ready?!!